Malnutrition Rate by Country 2025

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Undernourishment Rate 2021-2023

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15%

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25%

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35%

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45%

50%

55%

5 Countries with the Highest Rate of Malnutrition

51.3%

50.4%

39.5%

38.4%

Country
Undernourishment Rate 2021-2023↓
Undernourishment Rate 2019-2021
Undernourishment Rate 2009-2011
Somalia51.3%51.1%71.4%
Haiti50.4%45.1%41.1%
Madagascar39.7%37.6%26.9%
Yemen39.5%36.7%24.2%
Liberia38.4%37.5%32.9%
Zimbabwe38.1%39.5%26.2%
DR Congo37%35%29.6%
Uganda36.9%37.1%20.4%
Zambia35.4%32.9%42.7%
Chad35.1%31.8%25.1%
Kenya34.5%26%21.7%
Syria34%29.6%5.2%
Guinea Bissau32.2%31.7%21%
Rwanda31.4%34.7%35.7%
Afghanistan30.4%27.7%19.4%
Sierra Leone28.4%28.2%27.1%
Papua New Guinea27.7%27.4%29.2%
Republic of the Congo26.8%27.8%40.5%
Mozambique24.8%28.3%22.2%
Botswana24.3%22.9%22%
Tanzania23.8%23.5%24.1%
Central African Republic23.5%21.8%24.7%
Angola23.2%20.5%22.8%
Bolivia23%16.9%20.1%
Ethiopia22.2%23%21.9%
Namibia22.2%19.1%29.2%
Pakistan20.7%15.8%14.9%
Gambia20.5%17.1%8.9%
Honduras20.4%15.8%15.9%
Gabon20.1%19.7%14.1%
Malawi19.9%19%13.6%
Nicaragua19.6%18.7%19.5%
Solomon Islands19.4%19.4%14.2%
Nigeria18%15.1%9.2%
Jordan17.9%15.8%6.2%
Venezuela17.6%22.2%2.5%
Sao Tome and Principe16.4%15.5%16.5%
Iraq16.1%15.8%13.7%
Timor Leste15.9%15.4%19.6%
Burkina Faso15.4%15.1%15.1%
Ecuador13.9%13.6%11.5%
India13.7%13.1%14.8%
Dominica13.4%13.4%3.8%
Niger13.3%12%15.9%
Djibouti12.9%11.9%19.9%
Togo12.8%16%20.3%
Guatemala12.6%13.6%15.7%
Trinidad and Tobago12.6%11.2%8.1%
Cape Verde12.6%13.2%14.1%
Eswatini12.4%11.3%21%
Bangladesh11.9%12.1%15.2%
Sudan11.4%11.1%
Libya11.4%11%6.6%
Macau10.7%8.7%10.4%
Guinea10.3%10.4%17.4%
Benin10.3%10.8%9.8%
Suriname10.1%9.3%7.9%
Ivory Coast9.6%16.6%
Mali9.6%4.6%6.6%
Lebanon9.6%8.9%5.5%
Mauritania9.3%7.5%7%
Tajikistan8.7%9.4%24.9%
Egypt8.5%6.9%5.2%
South Africa8.1%6.9%4.6%
Vanuatu7.9%8%6.4%
Fiji7.8%6.2%6.1%
Jamaica7.3%7%8.5%
Indonesia7.2%6.3%13.1%
Peru7%6.7%8.5%
Morocco6.9%5.3%4.8%
El Salvador6.8%6.6%9.2%
Iran6.5%6.5%7.5%
Ghana6.2%6%7%
Kyrgyzstan6.1%5.1%7.4%
Philippines5.9%5.8%13.1%
Mauritius5.9%7.2%5.2%
Ukraine5.8%4.3%2.5%
Cameroon5.7%5.9%6.2%
Nepal5.7%5.6%10.4%
Oman5.7%5.7%6.3%
Thailand5.6%6.1%10.1%
Panama5.6%4.7%9.8%
New Caledonia5.6%6%8.6%
Laos5.4%6.3%15.6%
French Polynesia5.4%5.2%4.5%
Samoa5.4%4.4%4.1%
Myanmar5.3%4%11%
Vietnam5.2%5.5%10.5%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4.8%6.1%6%
Senegal4.6%4.7%10.9%
Cambodia4.6%4.9%10.7%
Dominican Republic4.6%6.2%13.5%
Belize4.6%4.4%5.4%
Paraguay4.5%3.4%2.5%
Albania4.5%4.4%5.4%
Colombia4.2%4.4%11.3%
Sri Lanka4.1%3.8%10.5%
Turkmenistan4.1%3.8%4.5%
Georgia4%5.2%6.8%
Brazil3.9%3.4%3.5%
Taiwan3.7%3.8%4.7%
Kiribati3.7%3.8%5.1%
Slovakia3.6%2.8%5.2%
Barbados3.5%3.5%3%
Japan3.4%2.9%3.2%
Argentina3.2%3.4%3.6%
Tunisia3.2%3.2%3.7%
Mexico3.1%3.2%4.1%
Saudi Arabia3%4%7.8%
United Arab Emirates2.7%3.1%7.1%
China2.5%2.5%2.5%
United States2.5%2.5%2.5%
Russia2.5%2.5%2.5%
Turkey2.5%2.5%2.5%
Germany2.5%2.5%2.5%
United Kingdom2.5%2.5%2.5%
France2.5%2.5%2.5%
Italy2.5%2.5%2.5%
South Korea2.5%2.5%2.5%
Spain2.5%2.5%2.5%
Algeria2.5%2.5%4.1%
Canada2.5%2.5%2.5%
Poland2.5%2.5%2.5%
Uzbekistan2.5%2.5%3.6%
Malaysia2.5%2.5%3.5%
Australia2.5%2.5%2.5%
Kazakhstan2.5%2.5%3.2%
Chile2.5%2.5%3.7%
Romania2.5%2.5%2.5%
Netherlands2.5%2.5%2.5%
Belgium2.5%2.5%2.5%
Cuba2.5%2.5%2.5%
Sweden2.5%2.5%2.5%
Czech Republic2.5%2.5%2.5%
Portugal2.5%2.5%2.5%
Azerbaijan2.5%2.5%2.5%
Greece2.5%2.5%2.5%
Hungary2.5%2.5%2.5%
Israel2.5%2.5%2.5%
Austria2.5%2.5%2.5%
Belarus2.5%2.5%2.5%
Switzerland2.5%2.5%2.5%
Hong Kong2.5%2.5%2.5%
Bulgaria2.5%2.9%4.8%
Serbia2.5%2.5%2.5%
Denmark2.5%2.5%2.5%
Finland2.5%2.5%2.5%
Norway2.5%2.5%2.5%
Ireland2.5%2.5%2.5%
New Zealand2.5%2.5%2.5%
Costa Rica2.5%2.5%3%
Kuwait2.5%2.5%2.5%
Croatia2.5%2.5%2.5%
Mongolia2.5%4.3%17.1%
Uruguay2.5%2.5%2.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2.5%2.5%2.5%
Moldova2.5%2.5%12.5%
Armenia2.5%2.5%2.7%
Lithuania2.5%2.5%2.5%
Slovenia2.5%2.5%2.5%
Latvia2.5%2.5%2.5%
North Macedonia2.5%3%3.6%
Cyprus2.5%2.5%2.5%
Estonia2.5%2.5%2.5%
Guyana2.5%2.6%8.7%
Luxembourg2.5%2.5%2.5%
Montenegro2.5%2.5%2.5%
Malta2.5%2.5%2.5%
Iceland2.5%2.5%2.5%
Seychelles2.5%2.5%3.8%
  • Data shows average values for 3 years.
  • 2.5 is minimum value for the prevalence of undernourishment. As such, countries with a listed prevalence of 2.5 may actually have a lower percentage of undernourishment.